how to continue playing second song after first song is finished playing in AVPlayer

Question

How can I start next song immediately with AVPlayer? I have collections of song selected from iPod Library in MPMediaItemCollection which is shown in my UITableView [myPlaylistTable] . i know i have to use NSNotification to check whether song has finished ,but i dont know how to play the second or next song as soon as the current song finish playing .I have posted my code below

If anyone can help me with the solution it would be appreciated. Thanks

   in viewDidLoad i have initialized 

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    //[[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];
    [self.myPlaylistTable deselectRowAtIndexPath:[self.myPlaylistTable indexPathForSelectedRow] animated:NO];

    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: nil];

    UInt32 doSetProperty = 0;
    AudioSessionSetProperty (
                             kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers,
                             sizeof (doSetProperty),
                             &doSetProperty
                             );

    [self becomeFirstResponder];

    myPlaylistTable.hidden=YES;

    playlistSongsArray =[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                                 selector:@selector(nextSongPlaying:)
                                                     name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
                                                   object:[myPlayer currentItem]];

}      



-(void) mediaPicker:(MPMediaPickerController *)mediaPicker didPickMediaItems:(MPMediaItemCollection *)mediaItemCollection {

    // Dismiss selection view
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];


    // Get AVAsset
    NSURL* assetUrl = [mediaItemCollection.representativeItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyAssetURL];
    AVURLAsset* asset = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:assetUrl options:nil];


    AVPlayerItem* playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:asset];


    myPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];

    [playlistSongsArray addObjectsFromArray:mediaItemCollection.items];

    NSLog(@" Playlist songs  %@",playlistSongsArray);

    [self.myPlaylistTable reloadData];

    [myPlayer play];

}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];
    [self becomeFirstResponder];
}

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder 
{
    return YES;
}

- (UITableViewCell *) tableView: (UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *) indexPath {

    NSInteger row = [indexPath row];
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: kCellIdentifier];


    if (cell == nil) {

        cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:kCellIdentifier];


            UILabel *playbackDurationLabel =[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(205, 88, 103, 18)];
            playbackDurationLabel.tag = 100;
            playbackDurationLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
            playbackDurationLabel.textColor = [UIColor orangeColor];

            playbackDurationLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:14];

            [cell.contentView addSubview:playbackDurationLabel];

    }   

    if (tableView == myPlaylistTable)
    {
        MPMediaItem *mediaItem = (MPMediaItem *)[playlistSongsArray objectAtIndex:row]; 
        MPMediaItemArtwork *artwork = [mediaItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork];


        if (mediaItem) 
        {
            cell.textLabel.text = [mediaItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyTitle];
            cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
            cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:15];
            cell.textLabel.numberOfLines=0;

            cell.detailTextLabel.text = [mediaItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyArtist];
            cell.detailTextLabel.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];
            cell.detailTextLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:14];
            cell.detailTextLabel.numberOfLines=0;

            UILabel *songDurationLabel = (UILabel *) [cell.contentView viewWithTag:100];
            songDurationLabel.text=[self secondsFormatted:[[mediaItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration] intValue]];

            NSLog(@"song duration - %@",[[mediaItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration] stringValue]);

            if (artwork != nil) 
            {
                cell.imageView.image = [artwork imageWithSize:CGSizeMake(60, 60)];
            }
            else
            {
                cell.imageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"noArtworkImage.png"];
            }
        }   

        [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath: indexPath animated: YES];
    }

    return cell;
}



    -(void)nextSongPlaying:(NSNotification *)notification
    {
         //What stuff to do 
    }

Answer 1

DShah i did it this way ..can u check if it is correct in my viewDidLoad ..

     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 
selector:@selector(nextSongPlaying:) 
name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification 
object:[myPlayer currentItem]];

- (void)nextSongPlaying:(NSNotification *)notification 
{ 

AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [notification object];
[playerItem seekToTime:kCMTimeZero];
[myPlayer play];
}

Answer 2

Please refer to the Apple's Link for help : http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/AVFoundationPG/Articles/02_Playback.html

This link explain about Playing Multiple Items. You can use AVQueuePlayer which is subclass of AVPlayer for queuing the multiple songs.

EDIT

Please see the GitHub link : https://github.com/crocodella/AVPlayerSample For explanation : http://www.crocodella.com.br/2011/01/using-avplayer-to-play-background-music-from-library/

This link has same thing that you want.